Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€1,100 FPS Paris Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,988,160
Entries
2,071
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
796
Players Left
179
Rieux Eliminates Two With a Set of Queens
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Renato Minicuci opened to 4,000 in middle position and Lionel Rozenberg three-bet jammed a stack of 20,500 from the button. Romain Lefebvre De Rieux then four-bet jammed out of the big blind and Minicuci gave it some thought before calling to put himself at risk.
Lionel Rozenberg: 
Renato Minicuci: 
Romain Lefebvre De Rieux: 
The flop landed 
to give Rieux a near lock on the hand, but the 
turn gave Rozenberg some hope with a flush draw. The river brought the safe 
and Rieux scooped the big pot as both opponents hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000 | 295,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Jullien Outkicks Noske
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Thomas Noske limped in from middle positon and Bruno Fernandes did the same from the hijack. Helene Jullien raised to 10,000 from the button and both of her opponents called.
Noske led out for 38,000 on the 
flop. Fernandes folded and then Jullien jammed for 38,000. Noske called.
Helene Jullien:
Thomas Noske: 
Both players had a pair of queens but Jullien was ahead with her ace kicker. The 
turn and 
river completed the board for Jullien to surpass the 100,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
111,000 | 111,000 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
Clement Doubles With Big Slick
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Arnauld Clement was all in and at risk for 32,000 against Ut Tam Vo in a battle between the blinds.
Arnauld Clement: 
Ut Tam Vo: 
Clement had his opponent dominated and stayed ahead as the board ran out a clean 
to earn him a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | -18,500 |
|
|
66,000 |
Rabalison Rakes in Three-Bet Pot
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Mathieu Rabalison opened to 4,000 from under the gun before Dorian Decauche three-bet to 12,000 from middle positon. Jerome Hobbe called from the button and Rabalison also decided to see a flop.
The dealer fanned the 
onto the felt and the action checked through to the turn. Again, the active players checked.
On the 
river, Rabalison bet 16,000 and both of his opponents quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | -31,500 |
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -20,000 |
Saout Bluffs to Fall to Ivarsson
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Alexander Ivarsson was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Antoine Saout in the cutoff on a board of 
with around 65,000 already in the middle.
Ivarsson checked on the river and Saout moved all in for around 49,000. Ivarsson went deep into the tank and made a series of confused faces as he examined the board. After several minutes, he called.
Saout showed a bluff with for ace-high and Ivarsson turned over for two pair to eliminate the French poker star.
The rest of the table was likely happy with the result as Saout is one of the most accomplished players in the field with $9.3 million in live tournament earnings, including a recent runner-up finish in the EPT Prague Main Event for €800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | 200,000 |
|
Busted |
Hareuveni Folds Out Hulme
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action was caught on the turn with the 
board on show and just under 60,000 in the pot.
David Hareuveni checked from under the gun which prompted Andrew Hulme to fire out 27,000 from two seats over. Hareuveni responded by sliding in a stack of T-5000 chips and Hulme quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 70,000 |
|
60,000 | -2,000 |
Big Stacks in the Room
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
276,500 | 76,500 |
|
276,000 | 276,000 |
|
270,000 | -5,000 |
|
265,000 | 70,000 |
|
260,000 | 130,000 |
|
232,000 | 232,000 |
|
211,000 | 211,000 |
|
195,000 | 177,000 |
|
190,000 | 60,000 |
|
186,500 | -28,500 |
|
179,500 | 99,500 |
|
178,000 | 178,000 |
|
171,000 | 171,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
168,500 | 168,500 |
|
168,000 | 168,000 |
|
167,000 | 167,000 |
|
166,500 | 166,500 |
|
|
165,000 | 74,000 |
|
161,000 | 161,000 |
|
159,000 | 114,000 |
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
150,000 | 150,000 |
|
147,000 | 64,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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